Posted on 02/24/2023 8:41:57 AM PST by BenLurkin
The threat of war in Ukraine is growing. As the unelected government in Kiev declares itself unable to control the rebellion in the country's east, John Kerry brands Russia a rogue state. The US and the European Union step up sanctions against the Kremlin, accusing it of destabilising Ukraine. The White House is reported to be set on a new cold war policy with the aim of turning Russia into a "pariah state".
That might be more explicable if what is going on in eastern Ukraine now were not the mirror image of what took place in Kiev a couple of months ago...in Maidan Square seizing government buildings and demanding a change of government and constitution. US and European leaders championed the "masked militants" and denounced the elected government for its crackdown, just as they now back the unelected government's use of force against rebels occupying police stations and town halls in cities such as Slavyansk and Donetsk.
"America is with you," Senator John McCain told demonstrators then, standing shoulder to shoulder with the leader of the far-right Svoboda party as the US ambassador haggled with the state department over who would make up the new Ukrainian government.
When the Ukrainian president was replaced by a US-selected administration, in an entirely unconstitutional takeover, politicians such as William Hague brazenly misled parliament about the legality of what had taken place: the imposition of a pro-western government on Russia's most neuralgic and politically divided neighbour.
After Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to join Russia, the bulk of the western media abandoned any hint of even-handed coverage. So Putin is now routinely compared to Hitler, while the role of the fascistic right on the streets and in the new Ukrainian regime has been airbrushed out of most reporting as Putinist propaganda.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The Guardian was anti-NATO Ukraine meddling back when they could blame Republicans and Conservatives.
They have been welcomed back to the woke-establishment, so are all for promoting war on Russia’s border
I’m sure the Guardian has been ‘aligned’ since 2014.
So any time Country B, a neighbor of Country A, gets a government that A does not approve of, A should invade B and annex it completely or install a govt of their choice.
Insert Tab A into Slot B
The author, Seumas Milne, is on the far left of the Labour Party so it is no surprise that he would take this position.
We have demonized soooo many new Hitlers, most often just before we bomb their countries.
The pentagon and their PR firms are seriously lacking in creativity.
“Russia’s counterweight to US imperial expansion is welcomed, from China to Brazil.”
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What the American people are ignorant of is that almost all of the global south is secretly rooting for Russia to win so that a new economic order introduced by Russia & China will come into play which will benefit them more than the system currently in place.
Transcript at link:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957
Good find Ben. Of course it will make no difference to the Zelenskyy cheerleaders.
I told my brother that this situation is like rounding a street corner to find a big guy pummeling a little guy.
It’s best to find out what went on before you rounded the corner.
Prepare to be accused of loving Putin.
2014? How relevant can this be? NOT going to bother reading it.
Anyway, wasn’t it RUSSIA who INVADED a sovereign nation?
I thought so! RUSSIA’S FAULT. PERIOD!
You sound like someone who would throw rocks at a brown bear.
Once.
So now “conservatives” love long time Leftists.
It’s best to find out what went on before you rounded the corner.
A little s**t needs to be pounded just the same as if it was larger. As a kid I had a neighbor kid who was lighter than me but a total little s**t, throwing crap at me and running away, just every malicious thing you can think of. He was fast and slippery but one day I caught him and pounded the crap out of him. His dad was on our porch after he got back from the emergency room with his kid. I don't recall what my mom said but I literally never saw that kid again, even though he lived next door. I hope he got over it...eventually.
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